Items with tag “Sheffield”

September 19, 2011, 2:57PM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KILLEN, AL - Run, Scream and Survive! Those words describe the upcoming Halloween Season for the Shoals and surrounding areas! Deadwood Hollow, the Haunt part of the new Wildwood Adventure Park, is debuting their Haunted Corn Mazes - “Stalk” and “Maze of Darkness”. Starting September 30th and running every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through... Full story »

September 15, 2011, 8:06PM

An autopsy report sheds more light on the murder of a Franklin County father and stepmother; a Sheffield mother is accused of hitting her daughter in the face; a felon is accused of raping a teen girl; a 64-year-old Carbon Hill man is accused of selling pills; a Brewton man is accused of raping a 4-year-old girl and more crime news from across Alabama. Full story »

June 09, 2011, 3:20PM

April 14, 2011, 2:54PM

Sheffield, Ala. - March 24, 2011 - Bank Independent, the community bank of choice in Northern Alabama, was named the second most profitable bank in Alabama in 2010 in an annual survey conducted by SNL Financial. SNL surveyed about 125 banks based in the state. Bank Independent’s net income of $10.2 million earned it a top slot on the list.... Full story »

March 20, 2011, 3:57PM

The Perry County Commission is citied for violations with its summer food program for low-income children, 2 men are found dead in Morgan County in an apparent murder-suicide, Sheffield firefighters battle a large blaze and more news from across Alabama. Full story »

February 11, 2011, 4:32PM

Singer Lionel Richie appears at his alma mater, Tuskegee University; board does not renew Hale County schools Superintendent Frank Stegall's contract; state Sen. Jimmy Holley named to transportation committee and more links to news from across Alabama. Full story »

November 04, 2010, 7:14AM

An ESPN crew visits Tuscaloosa to film "Roll Tide" moments, a defense attorney wants baby-shaking suspect moved to local jail after his conviction was overturned, an Anniston man reports baseball bat attack and more news from across the state. Full story »

March 29, 2010, 8:12AM

A 23-year-old Babbie, Ala., man known as being a "rabbit" for running from police, was arrested last week on drug charges after he fled from deputies trying to take him into custody, methadone deaths are on the rise in Tuscaloosa, residents remember a Lawrence County tornado and other news links from across Alabama. Full story »

March 08, 2010, 6:22AM

FLORENCE, Ala. -- A 27-year-old Sheffield, Ala, man shot himself to death in a car outside a Florence apartment complex after a in the early hours Sunday morning after he'd reportedly shot a man and assaulted a woman Full story »

February 23, 2010, 7:03AM

SHEFFIELD, Ala. -- A Dixie Gas convenience store clerk says that an intoxicated 53-year-old man threatened to rob the store early Sunday by pointing his finger at her as if it were a pistol. Full story »

February 04, 2010, 6:19AM

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. -- Students at 6 high schools around the state, including B.C. Rain in Mobile, got the chance to look on as the Southern rock group Uglistick recorded a song at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals on Wednesday. Full story »

January 20, 2010, 7:17AM

SHEFFIELD, Ala. -- The Sheffield school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to fire Amanda Watkins, an eighth-grade teacher at Sheffield Junior High who was charged in December with rape and sodomy of a ninth-grader. Full story »

January 13, 2010, 6:31AM

SHEFFIELD, Ala. -- A registered sex offender charged with sexual abuse in 2008 is back in jail after police say he was accused of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old Sheffield girl last year. Full story »

December 22, 2009, 7:06AM

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. -- A Sheffield Junior High School teacher has been charged with rape and sodomy involving a 15-year-old student had worked admissions together at a basketball game during the day Saturday at the junior high school, authorities said. Full story »

December 15, 2009, 2:24PM

SHEFFIELD, Ala. -- A 49-year-old man severely burned in a Sunday house fire died early Monday morning at UAB Hospital. Charles Butler's girlfriend, Brittany Brewer, 20, escaped the house with her young son, Caden Brewer. Full story »

December 14, 2009, 7:55AM

SHEFFIELD, Ala. -- A man was in critical condition Sunday with burns on 80 percent of his body after a fireplace fire apparently ignited a carpet, which then spread fire throughout a house. Full story »